IP Library Granted Patent US 10,026,910
Granted Patent B2
US 10,026,910 · App. 14/945,093 · Granted Jul 17, 2018

Display apparatus comprising flexible display panel

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Patent No.
US 10,026,910
App. No.
14/945,093
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes at least one flexible display panel including a first picture element that emits a red light, a second picture element that emits a green light, a third picture element that emits a blue light, and a fourth picture element. Each of the first picture element, the second picture element, and the third picture element includes an organic electroluminescent element as a light source and is driven by an active matrix method. The fourth picture element includes an organic electroluminescent element as a light source and is driven by a passive method.

Claims (32)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a plurality of flexible display panels structured to assume a curved shape and to be provided to a pillar of a vehicle along a lateral direction of the pillar, the plurality of flexible display panels including:

a first picture element that emits a red light, a second picture element that emits a green light, a third picture element that emits a blue light, and a fourth picture element;

a first wire connected to the first picture element, the second picture element, and the third picture element;

a second wire connected to one of the first picture element, the second picture element, and the third picture element; and

a third wire connected to the fourth picture element;

wherein,

each of the first picture element, the second picture element, and the third picture element is a picture element that includes an organic electroluminescent element as a light source and is driven by an active matrix method, and

the fourth picture element is a picture element that includes an organic electroluminescent element as a light source and is driven by a passive method;

in the plurality of flexible display panels, a region where the first picture element, the second picture element, the third picture element, and the fourth picture element are provided is defined as a display region;

a region where the first picture element, the second picture element, the third picture element, and the fourth picture element are not provided and which is located at an end in the lateral direction is defined as a wiring region;

the first wire, the second wire, and the third wire extend to the wiring region; and

the wiring region is arranged within the pillar.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the plurality of flexible display panels, the first picture element, the second picture element, the third picture element, and the fourth picture element are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction of the pillar,

the first wire extends in the longitudinal direction,

the second wire extends in the lateral direction, and

the third wire extends in the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the plurality of flexible display panels, the first picture element, the second picture element, the third picture element, and the fourth picture element are arranged side by side in the lateral direction,

the first wire extends in the lateral direction,

the second wire extends in a longitudinal direction of the pillar, and

the third wire extends in the longitudinal direction or the lateral direction.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first wire is a gate wire,

the second wire is a data wire, and

the third wire is a signal wire to supply electric power to the fourth picture element.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the pillar is provided between a windshield and a door glass of the vehicle,

the display region includes a first region being adjacent to the door glass and a second region being adjacent to the windshield,

an area of the first region is equal to that of the second region, and

an area of the fourth picture element in the first region is larger than that in the second region.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the wiring region of one of the plurality of flexible display panels is covered by the display region of another one of the plurality of flexible display panels.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in the plurality of flexible display panels, picture element units each including the first picture element, the second picture element, the third picture element, and the fourth picture element are arranged in a matrix.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth picture element emits light in a same color as a single color that is obtainable by combining the red light emitted by the first picture element, the green light emitted by the second picture element, and the blue light emitted by the third picture element.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first picture element, the second picture element, and the third picture element, and the fourth picture element are distinct from one another.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058549/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2015
From: UKEDA, TAKAAKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037194/0904 →